(Re)Discovering Myself Through Prose

To the woman who's had a miscarriage, you are a mother. To the woman who offers the gift of childbirth as a surrogate, you are a mother. To the woman who was pressured to put her child up for adoption, you are a mother. To the woman who adopted, and offered your home and your … Continue reading These Women are Mothers Too

Hello Everyone! My blog is not dead! For the past month, I have been just trying to find a consistent place where I can access WordPress without killing my data plan. Virtual life in Burma has been super difficult to maintain but I've found a place where I can now humbly continue sharing my experiences … Continue reading My Blog is Not Dead! (Updates in Life)

In Part 1 of this series, I started writing about how people engage and perceive relationships in Burma within the young adulthood setting, drawing an example from my own personal life, seeing my brother currently in a relationship. The main point I concluded was that developing trust and a loving bond takes time and every … Continue reading Relationships in Burma (Part 2)

Happiness is neither something we defer to the future, or a state of detachment from the real world and its difficulties, nor should it be an idealization of ourselves. It is when life throws challenges at us, we look right back at life in defiance. It is the resolution that despite our problems, or rather … Continue reading Disenchant (A Thought on Happiness)

In my last posts, I wrote about some of my thoughts on perceptions of skin color in the wider Burmese community. Today, I'll write about dating and embedded gender roles in relationships, especially in the context of Burmese culture and frame of thinking. Once again, many thanks for stopping by! I don't have to go … Continue reading Relationships in Burma (Part 1)

In my first post, I've pondered on where our desire for fair skin comes from in Asian societies, which ended on my finding whitening deodorant at the grocery store. Here, I continue on the effects this product has on my culture and I conclude my post with a poem that encapsulates what I said (and … Continue reading Melanin and Confidence (Part 2)

The desire for fair skin or the existence of a billion-dollar industry in skin whitening in Asia isn't new or striking, and this influences every Asian culture, from East Asian societies, like Chinese; to South Asian societies, like Indian; to everyone else in between: Southeast Asian societies, like Burmese (that's me!). However, it's only after … Continue reading Melanin and Confidence (Part 1)